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SRT 2023

SRT 2023

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Unfinished business. Starting this race report on a dramatic note may have piqued your interest already.  Backstory: The रथी-महारथीs of our running group started running the various races at the Sinhaga-Rajgad-Torna (SRT) trail ultra marathon in 2019. What started with a couple of folks became a mass movement with most people from the group participating in it since 2021. After running the 25km edition in 2021 and doing the other parts of the 53km route during different hikes, I also…

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Things I learnt from 6 days in the mountains

Things I learnt from 6 days in the mountains

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Baths/showers are for the weaklings. If you are from the drylands or plains (or cities) and want to live in the mountains, then, forget what a bath feels like. Because when you are up there freezing your exposed body parts, read toes and fingers (if not wearing socks or gloves. But why will you do that in December, I ask!) nose, cheeks, mouth, making water touch them will feel like saja-e-(thanda)-pani. As if drinking water to stay hydrated, as drilled…

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